ὑλάω
δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
English (LSJ)
[ῠ],
A = ὑλακτέω, used only by Poets and only in pres. and impf., bark, bay, of dogs, κύνες οὐχ ὑλάουσιν, ἀλλὰ περισσαίνουσι Od. 16.9; κύων . . ἄνδρ' ἀγνοιήσασ' ὑλάει 20.15; θεσπέσιον ὑλάοντες Theoc. 25.70:—Med., κύνες οὐχ ὑλάοντο Od.16.162. 2 metaph. of a man, howl, ἣ μάτην ὑλῶ (so Herm. for ὑλακτῶ); S.Fr.61 (lyr., dub.); of Cassandra, μάτην ὑλάουσα Tryph.421. II trans., bark or bay at, τινα Od.16.5 (so perh.20.15, v. supr.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1176] (onomatop. heulen, ululare), nur im praes. u. imperf. gebräuchliche, poet. Stammform von ὑλακτέω, bellen; Od. 16, 9. 20, 15; auch med., ὑλάοντο, 16, 162; – τινά, anbellen, Od. 16, 5 u. sp. D., wie Opp. Cyn. 1, 449, Theocr. 25, 70.